Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

“When you read the Trump plan closely, you realize it is a mirror image of the Oslo Accords. Rather than Israel being required to prove its good will, the Palestinians are required to prove their commitment to peace”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) The Oslo blood libel is over by Caroline Glick January 31, 2020 When Israel embarked on the Oslo peace process it accepted Oslo’s foundational assumption that Israel is to blame for the Palestinian war … Continue reading

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“Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) retweeted Ashrawi, sharing the vicious lies with her nearly 1 million followers”

NEW YORK POST Rep. Rashida Tlaib still hasn’t apologized for pushing a blood libel against Jews by Aaron Kliegman January 29, 2020 An 8-year-old boy goes outside for shopping. On the way, he tragically slips and drowns in a pool … Continue reading

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“Genius & Anxiety” a guided tour through the history of Western Diaspora — colorful, often provocative and always compelling”

JEWISH JOURNAL Influential Jews Share in ‘Genius & Anxiety’ by Jonathan Kirsch January 22, 2020 A certain buzz has attached itself to “Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947” (Scribner), by London-based author, journalist and broadcaster Norman Lebrecht, … Continue reading

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Bret Stephens: “The purpose of a Palestinian state ought to be to deliver dramatically better prospects for the Palestinian people, not tokens of self-importance for their kleptocratic and repressive leaders”

CHICAGO TRIBUNE Every Time Palestinians Say ‘No,’ They Lose by Bret Stephens January 30, 2020 Regarding President Trump’s peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the instant conventional wisdom is that it’s a geopolitical nonstarter, a gift to Benjamin Netanyahu and … Continue reading

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Guardian’s bigotry of low expectation sees Palestinians as nothing other than victim

CAMERA/UK MEDIA WATCH What does the Guardian think Palestinian leaders should do to advance peace? by Adam Levick January 30, 2020 …The Guardian’s silence in the op-ed [“The Guardian view on Trump’s ‘peace plan’: a con, not a deal“]on the … Continue reading

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Jimmy Carter — Mideast savant and international law scholar — opines on peace plan

ARUTZ SHEVA Jimmy Carter: Trump peace plan violates international law by Ben Ariel January 31, 2020 Former US President Jimmy Carter on Thursday dismissed President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan, claiming it would violate international law. In a statement … Continue reading

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“Three years in the making, the “Deal of the Century,” President Trump’s peace plan, has finally been revealed”

JERUSALEM POST The ‘Deal of the Century’: What are its key points? by Lahav Harkob, Herb Keinon January 28, 2020 Borders: Trump’s plan features a map of what Israel’s new borders will be, should it enact the plan fully. Israel … Continue reading

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In “goodwill gesture” Putin, with Bibi’s intervention, sets Israeli-American free

I24NEWS Putin grants pardon to Israeli-American jailed in Russia January 29, 2020 Russia’s President Vladimir Putin officially pardoned Naama Issachar, an Israeli-American woman jailed in Russia for on drug-related charges on Wednesday. The decree was published on the Kremlin website, … Continue reading

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“Thousands of videos of former MK and JDL founder Rabbi Meir Kahane removed from YouTube”

JEWISH PRESS YouTube Deletes 2,600 Kahane Videos by Staff January 10, 2020 Michael Miller spent five years collecting, editing, and uploading video footage of, or relating to, Rabbi Meir Kahane (1932-1990), founder of the Jewish Defense League and the Kach … Continue reading

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For those who hadn’t noticed, we’ve been at war since 1979: “Iran’s revolutionary theocratic government has harassed and terrorized the United States and her allies for four decades”

COMMENTARY The End of Obama’s Middle East by Matthew Continetti February 2020 …The full ramifications of killing Soleimani won’t be known for a while. But its effects on Democrats, noninterventionists, and longtime national-security opponents of Trump were clear and immediate. … Continue reading

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